My little 1 year old!

My baby is officially one (or she was a couple of weeks ago)!  I know that I've said this a billion times but I just can't believe that she is already a year old!  She is becoming so much more of a little girl than a baby these days.  

On her actual birthday, we got the first good rain that we'd had in months!  

Ah man!  It's raining on my birthday!

Getting ready for her big day.  She loves her Jellies!

Posing with Mama

We met up with some friends at Cafe Express.  She did awesome at lunch.  I think we were there for about 2 hours, and she had a great time.  Maybe it's because she had an unlimited supply of sweet potato fries and breadsticks!  After Bill got home from work, we got some dinner and then came home for a sprinkle cupcake.  Yum!

Tasty!

Playing with Daddy before bedtime

We had a great time on her b-day despite all of the rain.  I had actually forgotten how to take a child in and out of places with weather like that since it had been so long!

 Here's her latest stats...

Weight- 21lbs 3 oz- 51%

Height- 27 in (i think?) which was around the 49%

Head- I have no idea what the measurement was but it was the 48%

Eating- She is so over pureed baby food.  She must think that she is way too grown up for that!  The only baby food that I can get her to eat are veggies- squash and sweet potatoes.  She loves finger foods but is a little picky about what she will eat.  I really hope that this doesn't continue into childhood!  Her favorites these days are watermelon, peaches, pears, plain bread, grilled cheese sandwiches, cheese, zucchini (who would have guessed!), yogurt melts, and Cafe Express breadsticks.  She is not a fan of most meats but will eat some sliced turkey and chicken when she feels like it.  Lately, I've been trying to transition her to whole milk but I'm going pretty slowly.  I had a problem with milk as a child so I want to make sure that she doesn't.  

Mmm, watermelon!

Sleeping- This still really varies from day to day and night to night.  Right around a year, Ave decided that she wanted only one nap a day which usually happens from 12:30 to around 2 or 3.  I actually really like her taking one nap because I feel like we have more freedom to do what we need to do or go places.  She still goes to bed around 8 and wakes up anywhere between 5 and 7 to eat then goes back to sleep until roughly 8.  

Favorites-

-Ave loves to point her little finger at anything that goes by.  Hooks airport isn't far from our house, and she loves to play in the backyard and point to all the small planes that fly by.  She also loves to touch pointer fingers to another person.  It's a little strange that this brings so much joy to her but also kind of cute!

-I have started letting her sleep with a little stuffed dog and she loves to snuggle him.

-Touching teeth, eyelashes, eyeballs, really anything on someone's face.  Again, bizarre, I know!

This was taken right after bathtime (before we had her pj's on properly obviously) and she was so intent on inspecting Bill's teeth.  Maybe she wants to be a dentist.

-Talking on anything that resembles a phone

-Giving hugs and kisses

-Getting scared by her Daddy- Bill will jump out from around a corner and yell Boo and she thinks this is hilarious!
-Crawling at the speed of light.  She will take a few steps and fall down but I have a feeling it won't be too long!

-Anything that has to do with water including but not limited to swimming, baths, her sand and water table, sprinklers, and dog bowls.

Ready to go swimming

Some other pics from this month-

Ave's hair is so long that we can make a tall mohawk.  When do girls get their first haircut?

Avery Bieber

I was cleaning out the closet in the toyroom where lots of her baby stuff is stashed and she thought that this was the greatest toy.

 Watching Daddy mow

I was so focused on getting Ave to smile which is so hard these days that Bill's head got cut off.  Oops! At least I got the smile!

Sweet girl

Now that a year has passed, I really cannot remember life before kids.  It is such a special time already filled with so many memories.  Ave is so sweet and affectionate these days, and I just want to freeze time right here!